SPORTS IN BRIEF | November 5, 2012

Published November 5, 2012 - 5:11am Last Updated November 5, 2012 - 7:28am

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Arsenault rinks falls in quarters to Nimik

Mary Anne Arsenault’s team went out in the quarter-finals Sunday at the Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Fall Classic in Kemptville, Ont.

Arsenault and her rink of Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly and Jennifer Baxter lost 4-3 in an extra end to Ontario’s Allison Nimik.

The Halifax team featuring former Canadian and world champions in Arsenault, Jones and Kelly went 4-2 overall in the 24-team event.

Riley, Colley star in Eagles’ football win

Kareece Riley and Trae Colley gcombined for 436 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns to lead the Auburn Drive Eagles to a 55-6 rout of the Dr. J.H. Gillis in an NSSAF football game at Burn­side Turf on Sunday.

Colley had 152 yards on 15 carries and Riley ran for 121 yards on just six carries. Riley added 58 yards on four catches, while Colley finished with 247 total yards with the help of his special teams contributions.

John Cole, Nick Bronson and Daniel Sule added a pair of ma­jors each and Derek Mugridge had one.

Sir John A Macdonald 28, C.P. Allen 3: At Upper Tantallon, Hayden Clarke carried the ball 26 times for 146 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Flames.

Quarterback Lorenz Mac­donald also scored a touchdown and completed 10 passes for 121 yards. John Perrot scored Sir John A’s other major.

Morrison nets four points in Bearcats’ win

Kyle Morrison set up four goals to lead the Truro Bearcats to a 6-2 win over the Metro Shipbuilders in a Maritime Junior A Hockey League game in Truro on Sunday. Brandon Pye, with two, Travis Fernley, Travis Moore, Jeff Hanes and Jordan Coccimigilio were the Truro goal scorers. Leon Knock­wood and Damon MacEachern replied for Metro.

Verge scores hat trick as Scotians top Mariners

Brandon Verge netted a hat trick to help the Pictou County Sco­tians drop the Eastern Shore Junior Mariners 7-2 in a Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League game in Trenton on Sunday.

At the East Hants Sportsplex, Monica Morley had the other goal for the winners. Katherine Purchase had the shutout.

At Centre 200 in Sydney, the Cape Breton Glass Screaming Eagles got two goals from Brit­tany Pyke and one each from Emilie Routledge and Katie Har­ris in a 4-0 win over the Subway Northern Storm.

Eva Hall had the shutout.

Lewis rallies to capture LPGA’s Mizuno Classic

SHIMA, Japan (AP) — Stacy Lewis rallied to win the Mizuno Classic for her LPGA Tour-lead­ing fourth title of the year, birdie­ing the final three holes for an 8-under 64 and a one-stroke victory.

Poulter rallies to capture HSBC tourney

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Ian Poulter showed he can be a star even when playing only for him­self.

One month after leading an improbable European rally in the Ryder Cup, Poulter won for the first time this year. He closed with a 7-under 65 Sunday to come from four shots behind and win the HSBC Champions for his second career World Golf Cham­pionships title.

It won’t overshadow what he did at Medinah in the Ryder Cup — five straight birdies to pick up a crucial point in fourballs and winning his singles match to complete a 4-0 week. Even so, it was important to the Englishman that the year not pass without a victory of his own.

Phil Mickelson (68), Jason Dufner (64), Scott Piercy (65) and Ernie Els (67) tied for second. Lee Westwood and Louis Oosthuizen shared the 54-hole lead, but each shot a 72 in the final round to tie for sixth.

Petrova tops Wozniacki to win WTA finale

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Nadia Petrova stunned top-seeded Car­oline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-1 to win the Tournament of Champions on Sunday, clinching her third WTA title of the year.

The second-seeded Russian broke Wozniacki twice in each set, taking control from the be­ginning through her booming serve and groundstrokes.

The 30-year-old Russian, who also won titles in the Netherlands and Japan this year, will rise one spot to 12th when the WTA rank­ings are released Monday. It was the 13th career victory for Pet­rova, who received a cheque for $ 270,000.

Ferrer tops Janowicz to win Paris Masters

PARIS (AP) — With none of his usual rivals standing in the way, David Ferrer finally won a Mas­ters final on his fourth attempt.

Polish qualifier Jerzy Janowicz came up short on his first try, but not before leaving the impression that he could well earn another chance soon.

The fourth-seeded Ferrer beat Janowicz 6-4, 6-3 Sunday in the Paris Masters final for the biggest win of his career and ATP tour­leading seventh title of the year. He had lost twice to Rafael Nadal and once to Andy Murray in his previous Masters finals— but didn’t have to face a Grand Slam winner this time.

Suarez lifts Liverpool to draw with Newcastle

LONDON (AP) — Often slated for his theatrics, Luis Suarez stood out for the right reasons Sunday with a brilliant equalizer for Liverpool in a 1-1 draw with Newcastle in the Premier League.

Steven Gerrard made his 600th appearance for Liverpool but was overshadowed at Anfield by Suarez, who produced a wonder­ful piece of skill to bring down a raking pass on his chest and round the goalkeeper in one movement to earn his team a deserved point in the 67th min­ute.

In the other game, Queens Park Rangers and Reading re­main winless in the league after 10 games after drawing 1-1 at Loftus Road, leaving both teams in the bottom three and destined for season of struggle.

Raikkonen wins first race since F1 return

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emir­ates (AP) — Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, grabbing his first victory since returning to Formula One this year in an incident-packed race that throws open the drivers’ championship with two races remaining.

The 2007 champion overtook Red Bull’s Mark Webber at the start to move into second and took over the lead on the 20th lap when McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton retired due to an electrical prob­lem. Raikkonen held off a char­ging Fernando Alonso of Ferrari who finished second. Two-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel, who clawed his way back from last to finish third, saw his drivers’ champions lead over Alonso cut to 10 points.

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